Thursday, April 3, 2008

Boxing Rumors (Maybe Hidden Truths) 4/2/08

1. The Roy Jones Jr.-Anderson Silva fight may never happen. UFC President Dana White will not sign off on the fight to happen. He has told Silva's team to quit discussing the fight because he was not going to sign off on it. It is speculated White will not sign off on the fight because if Silva loses it could tarnish his image in the UFC.

2. The IBF has ordered Arthur Abraham to fight Giovanni Lorenzo. Abraham who is the IBF Middleweight Champion is coming to fight in the US in June and was hoping to fight a rematch with Edison Miranda. However after receiving the letter from the IBF he probably will fight his mandatory to avoid being stripped of his title. The negotiation period between Abraham and Lorenzo's camps ends April 30.

3. Floyd Mayweather Sr. said in an interview with Percy Crawford of FightHype.com that he may not be training Zab Judah after all. Mayweather does not think he will have enough time after the De La Hoya fight which is May 3 to work his magic on Judah by May 31.

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